While it has long been clear that Rudy is a social liberal, the fact that he's also a fiscal liberal (or at best, moderate) is now becoming clear.

At last night's debate he boasted of having fought the presidential line-item veto all the way to the Supreme Court, and won. Interestingly, here's a list of the people who have plead for a presidential line-item veto to rein in spending, and those who have opposed it:

For:
Ronald Reagan
Newt Gingrich
Dick Armey (former House Majority Leader, R-TX)
John Ensign (R-NV)
John Kasich (R-OH)
Bob Dole
Trent Lott (R-MS)
Bill First
John Kyl (R-AZ)
Stephen Moore (CATO Institute)
Tommy Thompson (R-WI)

Against:
Rudy Giuliani
Nancey Pelosi
Harry Reid
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Richard Gephardt (D-MO)

On the other hand, Romney said he used the line-item veto over 800 times as governor to control wasteful spending, and is urging for it to be given to the president. Could there be a clearer contrast between the two?

In pointing out the differences, Romney declared:

"One is he opposed the line-item veto, took it all the way to the Supreme Court. I think it's the key thing for a President to be able to rein in spending. And the other is, in Mayor Giuliani's case, he fought to put in place or to keep in place a commuter tax which cost some $400 million for people to commute into New York City. That I think is a real mistake. And finally, the Mayor of New York City that followed Mayor Giuliani said that he was left with an enormous deficit."